Wilkinsburg is a borough in
Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania,
United States adjacent to the city of
Pittsburgh. The population was 15,930 at the
2010 census, having lost more than 13,000 in the 70 years since 1940, when 29,853 people were enumerated. The borough was named for
John Wilkins, Jr., a United States Army officer who served as Quartermaster General of the United States Army from 1796 to 1802.